Why Node.js

There has been a buzz about NodeJS in the recent past. Javascript on the serverside? You gotta be kidding me right! Well NodeJS is “a set of bindings to the V8 javascript Virtual Machine. It allows one to script programs that do IO in javascript” I have been digging into it over the past few days. Before starting off learning I wanted to know whether its worth the effort. I mean we have so many options when it comes to server side scripting. Theres PHP, Ruby On Rails, Django on Python and so many other alternatives. But what seperates Node

For the past couple of days I've been trying to finish what I had started off a while back but had abandoned midway - a logo turtle interpreter. For those who dont know what logo turtle is: Turtle graphics is a term in computer graphics for a method of programming vector graphics using a relative cursor (the "turtle") upon a Cartesian plane It was basically used in schools to familiarize 7-8 year old kids to computers. And I was always interested in making one because it was small little logo turtle that introduced me to the world of computers. Yeah